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firsthand, everything I once thought I had going for me is insignificant. Paul’s only need was Jesus Christ, everything else was a want. Does that sound radical? To the apostle Paul it sounded satisfying. Just learn to be satisfied with what Christ has done in your life. He is all you need, and he should be all you want. I hope you enjoyed this article and it makes you think!
the best. Such a spirit of dissatisfaction will never bring about a spirit of gratefulness to the Lord who will provide. The solution, quite simply, is keeping our wants from becoming confused with our needs. That is what allowed the apostle Paul to say that he had learned “contentment” in whatever state he found himself. Few people were more precise than Paul in understanding the difference between his wants and his needs.
Paul wrote: “… all things I once thought were so important are gone from my life. Compared to the high privilege of
knowing Christ Jesus as my Master,